Facebook For Sheepdoggers

I never had a Facebook account. It was an odd omission for someone who is as much into computer tech as me but I never saw the point. My sister has three teenagers who are seriously into it and she set up an account to see what all the fuss was about and discovered, to her delight, that many of our cousins from Ireland were on Facebook and were quickly "friended". It turned into a great way to keep in touch across the miles, find out what everyone was up to, share photos, organize trips and get togethers. Sitting over dinner with my sister and my nieces and nephews I began to see that it could be a good thing - but too broad I thought.

So, of course, I was driving to a trial the next weekend and got to thinking (funny how much thinking gets done going to and from trials, usually when there isn't a good audiobook on the go) what if there was a Facebook just for stockdog people; somewhere where people could post trial reports, running orders, scores, photos, discuss issues of interest, or just chat with friends....

That was the genesis of Comebye.Net 2.0. To make it easy for folks, if you already have a Facebook account, you can use that  to login here. If you don't have an account, you can register and set one up. Once done, you can invite other members to be your "friend" and groups of friends can form groups. Groups can engage in informal discussion with one another without bothering the rest of the crowd, or take your discussion to a larger audience through the Forum.

You can post photos and set whether you want them to be publicly visible or restricted to friends. Soon, you will be able to link to photos you have on your Flikr or Picassa site and have them show up in your profile.

You can post running orders, entry forms, and scores.

If you want to submit trial reports or other articles, you can let me know and I can set you up as a contributor. It would be great to be getting trial reports and stories of interest from across the country.

The site will go live during the Finals with the ability for new members to join. I'll hopefully be posting some "How To" articles during the week to get people up and going, along with live reports from the trial site.